Thoughts on outline, sculpture, and the system that guided the ancient artists in composing their figures and groupes : accompanied with free remarks on the practice of the moderns, and Liberal Hints Cordially Intended for their Advantage. To which are annexed twenty-four designs of classical subjects invented on the principle recommended in the essay by George Cumberland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cumberland, George, 1754-1848.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art criticism.

Engraving, English.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages,iii pages, 1 unnumbered page,52 pages, 2 unnumbered pages,plates ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed by W. Wilson, St. Peter's-Hill, Doctors'-Commons; and sold by Messrs. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and T. Egerton, Whitehall, MDCCXCVI. [1796]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With a preliminary leaf containing a quotation from Sir William Jones's Asiatic Researshes [sic], and a final leaf of advertisements.

Some of the plates engraved by William Blake.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T87534.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.